Loving Valentino

~Milkshakes~

I woke up to the sound of my alarm and hit snooze about five times before I actually decided to get up.  I had three classes today, and I know my professor would get on me for being late...again.

I sat at the edge of my bed and did that thing where you stare into space contemplating life, before I went in the bathroom. I took a hot shower and decided not to wash my hair this morning since I was already running late. I was gonna put my hair in a bun, but when I saw the huge red hickey on my neck, I just left it down and in its curly state.

Lincoln would usually have called me by now asking about toes or something but my phone hasn't rung once. I feel so bad about what happened. It must of looked horrible from his point of view. I didn't mean to abandon him at the gala and I definitely should have checked on him before leaving.

I'm just gonna talk to him when I get on campus.

I put an outfit together and dress myself before completing the rest of the things I needed to do and then leave for classes.

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I'm currently in my second class, taking notes. I look over to where Lincoln usually sits and his chair is empty.

Shit he really is mad.

I pull out my phone and place it between my notebook and send him a message.

                                                                                                                                                      Where are you?
                                                                                                                                                      Read  12:14 p.m.

I get that he's mad but he could at least answer me. 

Just as I'm about to put my phone away, a message from Valentino appears on my screen.

Valentino:
Come by the office later tesora.

I type out a message and shut my phone off before focusing on the board again.

                                                                                                                                                             I can't. Sorry.

After my last class, I stopped and got two cookies n' cream milkshakes before making my way over to Lincoln's house. If he wanted to ignore me then I'd just have to come to him.

I knock on the door balancing the milkshakes in one hand and waiting for a response. The door opened revealing Lincoln who stood there in sweatpants and a t shirt. 

My eyes caught the bruise he had under his left eye which was now a faint purple and my chest ached with guilt.

His demeanor changed and he let out a sigh running his hands through his dark brown hair.

"What are you doing here Addy?" he questioned now leaning on the door frame. 

I held up the milkshakes in my hand and flashed him a smile.

"Look Addy-"

"Lincoln I'm sorry about what happened. I am. I know I should have told you about Valentino and everything else, but please give me a chance to explain." I rushed out in one breath, pleading with my eyes at the end.

"Fine. Only because the milkshakes are melting." he rolled his eyes and opened the door wider.

I smiled and threw my arms around him into a tight hug which caused him to wince and I mumbled a soft 'sorry'. 

We went to the backyard and sat on the little red bench that was there to drink our milkshakes.

We sipped our milkshakes in silence for a while before Lincoln spoke up.

"Addy." Lincoln stated implying that he wanted me to start talking.

"Hm?" I pretended to be clueless and gave him an innocent smile.

"You're avoiding." 

"No I'm not. I just really appreciate silence."

"You? Silence?" he deadpanned.

I playfully slapped his arm which caused him to laugh and he looked over at me waiting for me to talk.

"Fine." I breathed out.

"What do you wanna know?" I asked now sipping my milkshake.

"Who the fuck is he?" he questioned with a bit of anger in his tone.

Oh boy here we go.

After almost two hours in the backyard explaining who Valentino was, we went up to Lincoln's bedroom to watch a movie.

We made up and he said he wasn't mad at me anymore which made me feel better. We hugged it out and he held onto me tighter than usual whispering something about how much he loves me.

I didn't go into too much detail about Valentino. I just told him that he was someone that I was sorta dating and that he happened to work with my dad. I left out the fact that he was actually my dad's bestfriend and although I felt bad, I just didn't want him to know that yet.

"So you love him?" he randomly blurted out.

"Lincolnnnnn." I throw my head against the bed frame and groan. He's been asking me questions ever since I told him about Valentino.

"No we're just... getting to know one another." I said now getting comfortable in the bed.

"So you have sex?" 

I'm going to jump off a cliff.

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I wake up and realize that I fell asleep at Lincoln's. I grab my phone off of the bedside table and look at the time.

1:08 a.m.

Fuck.

I look over to see Lincoln still sleeping and I get out of the bed slowly. I slip on my shoes and tiptoe out of the house and into my car before driving home. I could have sworn I heard a camera click  when I left Lincoln's house but it was probably just a raccoon or something.

I texted Lincoln that I went home before leaving his driveway so he wouldn't have to worry when he woke up. About twenty minutes later, I pulled into my driveway and got out. I opened the door slowly and began to tiptoe inside the house, locking the door after me.

As soon as I reached the first step of the stairs, a light flickered on revealing my mother in the kitchen with her arms folded.

"Late night?" she asked sarcastically.

It's official. I'm jumping off of a cliff.